Disposable toilet seat cover apparatus

Abstract

A disposable toilet seat cover apparatus is for use on the existing seat of a toilet. The apparatus is provided in a textured biodegradable water soluble material and resists slippage on the seat. A pull tab provides for the gas chamber within the valve assembly of the initially compactly folded apparatus to release a compressed gas to fill the seat cover/cushion. After use, the apparatus' biodegradable makeup provides for either discarding in a trash bin or for deposit into the bowl water, where the apparatus quickly deflates and dissolves. Any of the apparatus not immediately dissolved in the bowl water is easily flushed.

1. A disposable single use toilet seat cover apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
 an inflatable cover comprising an oval shaped cushion, the cushion having an opening in a center mirroring that of a toilet seat, the cushion capable of folding in an uninflated state; 
 a valve assembly disposed at a rear of the cushion, the valve assembly providing selective inflation of the inflatable cover, the valve assembly having a constriction proximal to an exterior opening, the valve assembly further comprising:
 a biodegradable cylindrical gas chamber adhesively bonded within the valve assembly, the gas chamber having a flat rear, a body, and a chamber neck at a front, the flat rear of the chamber further confined by the valve assembly constriction; 
 a rear seal within the flat rear of the chamber; 
 a shaft within the chamber and exiting the rear seal; 
 a conical seal on an interior end of the shaft, whereby the conical seal seals against the chamber neck of the gas chamber; 
 
 means for releasing a gas from within the gas chamber, thereby filling the cushions. 
 
     
     
       2. The apparatus according to  claim 1  wherein the joining of the valve assembly to the cushion further comprises a tapered junction. 
     
     
       3. The apparatus according to  claim 1  wherein the means for releasing a gas from within the gas chamber further comprises a pull tab. 
     
     
       4. The apparatus according to  claim 2  wherein the means for releasing a gas from within the gas chamber further comprises a pull tab. 
     
     
       5. A disposable single use toilet seat cover apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
 an inflatable cover comprising an oval shaped front cushion seamlessly joined to a flat-edged rear cushion, the cushions having an opening in a center mirroring that of a toilet seat, the combined cushions capable of folding in an uninflated state; 
 a valve assembly disposed at a rear of the rear cushion, the valve assembly providing selective inflation of the inflatable cover, the valve assembly joined to the rear cushion by a tapered junction, the valve assembly having a constriction proximal to an exterior opening, the valve assembly further comprising:
 a biodegradable cylindrical gas chamber adhesively bonded within the valve assembly, the gas chamber having a flat rear, a body, and a chamber neck at a front, the flat rear of the chamber further confined by the valve assembly constriction; 
 a rear seal within the flat rear of the chamber; 
 a shaft within the chamber and exiting the rear seal; 
 a pull tab on an exterior end of the shaft; 
 a conical seal on an interior end of the shaft, whereby the conical seal seals against the chamber neck of the gas chamber; 
 
 whereby pulling of the pull tab releases a gas from within the gas chamber, thereby filling the cushions.